See here what it says in the dictionary. So, you were in the wrong about the meaning of that word.

I have heard say, that a writ of right of dismes is given by the statute of Westm. 2, and that speaketh only of dismes, and not of pensions.

The King granted a small part, namely, one virgate to Herbert the Forester, before 1086, and this Herbert is generally supposed to have been the ancestor of those Lyndhursts who for so long held the wardenship of the Forest.

He's keeping his head down after being blasted for his offensive tweets.